Software Engineer Jobs in Sheffield

Software Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Software Engineer salary in Sheffield is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 32 16
Rank change year-on-year +14 -16 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 97 83 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 9.15% 8.96% 14.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.58% 10.13% 14.96%
Number of salaries quoted 87 31 94
10th Percentile £30,650 £38,750 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -26.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,500 £60,000 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -26.09% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Sheffield with a recognized job title 1,012 819 822
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.47% 88.44% 98.33%
Number of salaries quoted 821 398 503
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £30,200
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,750 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,170 £72,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Sheffield

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Sheffield.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Sheffield

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Sheffield

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 97 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 38 (39.18%) C#
3 26 (26.80%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (21.65%) SQL
5 20 (20.62%) C
6 16 (16.49%) .NET
7 15 (15.46%) C++
8 14 (14.43%) Agile
9 13 (13.40%) Electronics
9 13 (13.40%) Manufacturing
9 13 (13.40%) Social Skills
10 12 (12.37%) Degree
10 12 (12.37%) Computer Science
10 12 (12.37%) WPF
11 11 (11.34%) TDD
11 11 (11.34%) Embedded Software Development
12 10 (10.31%) Embedded Systems
12 10 (10.31%) LabVIEW
12 10 (10.31%) Python
13 9 (9.28%) CAD
13 9 (9.28%) Embedded C
13 9 (9.28%) Firmware
13 9 (9.28%) Marketing
13 9 (9.28%) Microservices
13 9 (9.28%) Tech for Good
14 8 (8.25%) Design Patterns
14 8 (8.25%) Vue
14 8 (8.25%) IoT
15 7 (7.22%) AngularJS
15 7 (7.22%) .NET Core

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.15%) CMS
2 2 (2.06%) Apache Solr
2 2 (2.06%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.15%) AWS
1 5 (5.15%) Azure
2 3 (3.09%) Azure Logic Apps
2 3 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (3.09%) Entra ID
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (3.09%) Power Automate
2 3 (3.09%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.09%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.22%) TCP/IP
2 6 (6.19%) RS-232
3 2 (2.06%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.22%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.19%) MySQL
3 4 (4.12%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.09%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (3.09%) Power BI
5 2 (2.06%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (2.06%) MongoDB
5 2 (2.06%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.03%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (10.31%) LabVIEW
2 2 (2.06%) Git
2 2 (2.06%) GitLab
2 2 (2.06%) webpack
3 1 (1.03%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.03%) Selenium
3 1 (1.03%) WebDriver
General
1 13 (13.40%) Electronics
1 13 (13.40%) Manufacturing
1 13 (13.40%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.28%) Marketing
2 9 (9.28%) Tech for Good
3 7 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (5.15%) Automotive
4 5 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.09%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.03%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.49%) .NET
2 12 (12.37%) WPF
3 8 (8.25%) Vue
4 7 (7.22%) .NET Core
4 7 (7.22%) AngularJS
4 7 (7.22%) CSS
5 6 (6.19%) React
6 5 (5.15%) ASP.NET
7 4 (4.12%) .NET Framework
7 4 (4.12%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (4.12%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (4.12%) DirectX
7 4 (4.12%) Node.js
7 4 (4.12%) OpenGL
7 4 (4.12%) Vuex
7 4 (4.12%) WebGL
8 3 (3.09%) HTML
9 2 (2.06%) MERN Stack
9 2 (2.06%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (2.06%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.31%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (8.25%) IoT
3 6 (6.19%) Algorithms
3 6 (6.19%) SCADA
4 5 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.12%) CAN bus
5 4 (4.12%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.06%) 3D Printing
7 1 (1.03%) Fat Client
7 1 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.03%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.03%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.15%) Windows
2 2 (2.06%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (2.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 26 (26.80%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (14.43%) Agile
4 12 (12.37%) Computer Science
5 11 (11.34%) Embedded Software Development
5 11 (11.34%) TDD
6 9 (9.28%) CAD
6 9 (9.28%) Microservices
7 8 (8.25%) Design Patterns
8 7 (7.22%) Full Stack Development
8 7 (7.22%) Product Requirements
8 7 (7.22%) SDLC
9 6 (6.19%) Content Development
9 6 (6.19%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (6.19%) Unit Testing
10 5 (5.15%) Functional Programming
10 5 (5.15%) Mentoring
10 5 (5.15%) MVC
10 5 (5.15%) MVVM
10 5 (5.15%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (39.18%) C#
2 21 (21.65%) SQL
3 20 (20.62%) C
4 15 (15.46%) C++
5 10 (10.31%) Python
6 9 (9.28%) Embedded C
7 5 (5.15%) SystemVerilog
7 5 (5.15%) XAML
8 4 (4.12%) TypeScript
9 3 (3.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (12.37%) Degree
2 3 (3.09%) Master's Degree
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.09%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.19%) QA
System Software
1 9 (9.28%) Firmware
2 5 (5.15%) Docker
3 3 (3.09%) Active Directory
4 2 (2.06%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (5.15%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (5.15%) Cadence
1 5 (5.15%) Synopsys
2 3 (3.09%) Microsoft